Question

1. This fossil primate species may have been the first primates, originating from an adaptive ratiation of mammals.

a. Apidium

b. Proconsul

c. Aegyptopithecus

d. Plesiasapiformers

2. If you were studying primate population in which the dominant member was referred to as a "silverback", what primates would you most likely be observing?

a. gorillas

b. macaques

c. chimpanzees

dz bonobos

Answer 1

1)

The correct option is (d) i.e Plesiadapiformers.

Plesiadapiformers were the first primates originating from an adapting radiation of mammals. They were Paleocene organism.

Other options (a), (b), and (c) are not correct because they were not the first primates originating from an adaptive radiation of mammals.

2)

The correct option is (a) i.e gorillas.

Silverback gorillas are the world's largest primates. They are very powerful and the dominant member of primates.

Other options (b), (c), and (d) are not correct because they are not referred to as silverback.